{"id":847,"date":"2013-07-06T11:23:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T11:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/?p=847"},"modified":"2024-04-12T05:11:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:11:50","slug":"what-is-the-power-of-persuasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unk.com\/blog\/what-is-the-power-of-persuasion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Psychology Of Persuasion (And How To Inoculate Yourself Against Manipulation)"},"content":{"rendered":"

How is it that some people – and some situations<\/em> – can persuade us so much more than others?<\/p>\n

How ‘persuadable’ you are is partly to do with the state you are in. If you are tired or hungry or lonely or especially needy in some other way then you are likely to become more ‘persuadable’. You can get a desperately thirsty man to do almost anything if you promise him a glass of water.<\/p>\n

So making sure that your primal emotional and physical needs<\/a> are satisfactorily met in your life makes you less easily prey to being conned by people who seem to promise to meet these needs – but want too much in return.<\/p>\n

Someone or something that seems to meet an emotional need within you will seem very ‘persuasive’ to you. You might think you would notice when someone is trying to persuade you about something, but some of these needs are quite subtle and we are not always conscious of them.<\/p>\n

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